Getting a weird framerate drop/ stutter sort of thing???

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black edition (3.4ghz)
Graphics Card - AMD Radeon Sapphire R9 270X 4GB OC edition (8GB total shared)
RAM - 2x 4gb(8gb) PNY DDR3
Power Supply - 850watt EVGA SuperNOVA G2
Motherboard - GIGABYTE MA785GMT-UD2H

I was playing Diablo 3 earlier and i would randomly get like a weird freeze or like pause in it for like 2 seconds at a time, I also had it happen in the game Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and it would randomly freeze for a few seconds. I messed with the setting, put the game on all low settings and low res and still got the stutters/ freezes ( i said something in the chat and others had it happening also on Chivalry: Medieval Warfare)
Any idea what could cause it? Diablo 3 runs at 60 FPS all the time until the freeze hits and drops for a second and jumps back to 60.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjGjbP_D5D4 <that shows the freeze im getting in Diablo 3

any way to fix?
Thank you

i7Baby · Aug 13, 2014

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-965-vs-AMD-FX-4300 - your cpu is probably bottlenecking the performance.

Check cpu usage (task Manager) while gpu usage is at its highest (Afterburner). If cpu is at 100% then you got a bottleneck.

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

i7Baby :

On Diablo 3 the CPU only went up to 42% was the highest i seen it go and the gpu wasnt 100% either it was around 65% not sure if its a bottleneck
Tho on the other hand my ram is at 72% if that might effect it in any way

These are the only games ive noticed it in. it doesnt do it in Dark Souls 2 or DayZ (the mod) or Thief or BF4 or anyother games i play just those 2..

xtreme5 · Aug 13, 2014

Was your game running fine before?
When does this occur?
Did you changed anything recently?
Have you overclocked anything?

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

xtreme5 :

it just started happening
and i didnt really change anything, but i did upgrade my gpu from a HD6670 to the R9 270X, did have problems then but i had a PSU problem and put the 6670 back in and after i fized my PSU i put my R9 270X back in. but i cant think of anything other than maybe the 6670s drivers interfering maybe? but after i switched back i didnt really notice it much recently till not to long ago. and its just on those 2 games.
And nah im not really into overclocking.

xtreme5 · Aug 13, 2014

Okay does this issue occurs in other games too? Like battlefield 3-4, farcry 3 Assassin creeds?
I suspect it could be bottlenecking because you had an Oce'd edition card while your cpu is running at @3.4Ghz, try to overclock your cpu.

xtreme5 · Aug 13, 2014

Can you please share your cpu temps while gaming Diablo3???

JRFET · Aug 13, 2014

Overclock that CPU

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

xtreme5 :

it doesnt happen on any other games than Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and Diablo 3. all my other games run fine. and Diablo 3 dosesnt that that massive of a CPU to run it.
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=17&game=Diablo+III&p_make=AMD&p_deriv=Phenom+II+X4+965+Black+Edition&gc_make=ATI&gc_deriv=Radeon+R9+270X+Sapphire+Dual-X+4GB+OC+Edition&ram=8&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements according to this i shouldnt be having any trouble running it

Should i maybe try a fresh install of the games maybe?

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

JRFET :

I would alittle bit i still got a stock cooler on it. planning on getting an aftermarket one soon tho

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

xtreme5 :

it averages around 54degrees celsius max ive seen it got was around 65degrees celsius

xtreme5 · Aug 13, 2014

Fine temps, I would recommend try to overclock your cpu get an aftermarket cooler I'm pretty sure it will solve your problem.

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

xtreme5 :

Alright thank you

xtreme5 · Aug 13, 2014

Games are different at all, some are optimized good or some bad, so you should have to keep cpu and gpu balance most of the games required GPU juice while some are CPU hunger.

JRFET · Aug 13, 2014

you can probably still OC some with stock cooler. that board can't handle anything too high though.

DefectedSOul · Aug 13, 2014

JRFET :

I do plan on upgrading my modo and cpu to some newer stuff sometime soon probably next few months

xtreme5 · Aug 13, 2014

Also keep V-sync disable.

DefectedSOul · Sep 28, 2014

**update** i did not overclock, but i replaced the mother board and i have not had the problem anymore

Getting a weird framerate drop/ stutter sort of thing???

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